Word Construction (copy)

Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots

a-/an-

without.

ab-

away from.

ad-

toward.

ante-

before.

anti-/contra-

against.

bi-

two.

brady-

slow.

ecto-/exo-

outside.

endo-/intra-

within/inside.

glyc-

sweet.

hyper-/supra-/super-

above/over.

hypo-/sub-

under/below.

im-

not.

mal-

bad.

macro-

large.

meso-

middle.

meta-

after.

mut-

change.

patho-

disease.

peri-

surrounding.

retro-

back.

tachy-

fast.

trans-

through/across/beyond.

ultra-

beyond/excess.

-algia

pain.

-asis

condition.

-asthenia

weakness.

-ectomy

excision/surgical removal.

-emia

blood condition.

-genic

producing/causing.

-itia/-itis

inflammation.

-lysis

reduction/destruction.

-megaly

enlargement.

-oma

tumor/swelling.

-oscopy/-osopy/-opsy

to view.

-ostomy

creation of artificial opening.

-otomy

to cut into.

-pathy

disease.

-penia

insufficiency.

-plegia

paralysis.

-pnea

breathing.

-sclerosis

hardening.

-sepsis

infection.

-stasis

control/stop.

-tropic

influencing.

-bronch-

windpipe.

-cardi-

heart.

-carp-

wrist.

-cutane-/-derm-

skin.

-cyst-

bladder.

-cyt-

cell.

-dors-

back.

-encephal-

brain.

-enter-

intestines.

-erythr-

red.

-gangli-

swelling.

-gastr-

stomach.

-hema-

blood.

-hepat-

liver.

-homeo-

same.

-lact-

milk.

-leuko-

white.

-lip-

fat.

-mening-

membrane.

-morph-

shape/form.

-myo-

muscle.

-nephr-/-ren-

kidney.

-olfact-

to smell.

-oo-

egg/ovum.

-oss-/-oste-

bone.

-phleb-/-ven-

vein.

-pleur-

rib.

-pod-

foot.

-proct-

rectum.

-psych-

head.

-puber-

adult.

-pyr-

fever.

-scler-

hard.

-somat-

body.

-strat-

layer.

-thromb-

clot.